Paper pack holder



Sept. 5, 1933. H. L. sAMsoN PAPER PACK HOLDER Filed June 15, 1931 ORV \1 Q 10 92 n w m a m; V NL I v m H 2 2 A TTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 5, 1933 sir" stares PATENT FFICE PAPER PACK HOLDER Henry L. Samson, New YorlnN. Application June 15, 1931. Serial No. 544,397 11 Claims. (cl. 312-50) This invention relates in general to holders for fiat rectangular packages of interleaved sheets of toilet paper, in which when one sheet is withdrawn through a suitable exit slot in a receptacle or container, this sheet pulls out with it the end portion of the next following sheet, and so on until the last sheet has been withdrawn. Thus, by reason of the interleaving of the sheets, no feed mechanism is required and the construc tion of the paper pack holder may be simple and economical. Commonly the interleaved but otherwise loose pack of paper sheets has been placed in a rectangular box or similar receptacle, which in some instances has been provided with at the top, and in other instances there is no separate front cover, but the container box or receptacle itself is partially closed at the front, leaving open a rather wide exit slot through which the pack or interleaved loose sheets may be crowded by bending, and with some difiiculty thus pushed into the receptacle through this This latter form-of paper holder or dispenser is usually of the type commonly known as a recess fixture, by reason of the fact that it is embedded or set into the wall substantially fiush therewith. Toiet roll holders are also commonly made as recess fixtures. These paperhoiding fixtures, of both kinds above noted, most commonly employed in the home, that is, in residence. houses and in apartments, and

are also installed. in hotels and the likef The toilet roll holders of this recess fixture type coinmonly receive the roll of paper to an extent of somewhat more than half its diameter, while the front'part of the roll projects from the open front of the receptacl formed by this fixture. These recess paper rolls are rectangular at their open with vertical parallel side walls, andcommonly the bottom of such a receptacle concavely curved at the inside in vertical planes substantially along semi-circular lines, so to correspond with the shape of the roll of paper to inserted partly therein.

The roll rotatably mounted on a transverse e in sockets or recesses proective side walls of the receptacie mi front" edge Of 0- urse there are other kinds and types of paperroll holders which need 455 not be noted here. However, using paper from a front cover to be opened, usually a door hinged provided in the face plate for that purpose. The

rolls has proved commonly troublesome and inconvenient, as well as also wasteful, by reason of the fact that it is difficult or next to impossible to tear it off at the place desired, particularly in view of the fact that in mostcases the roll or paper has a tendency to continue rotating and unwinding indefinitely. For these and other reasons, including their small size and compactness', paper packs of interleaved sheets have been coming more and more into-favor, particularly in t' e home, where artistic elegance of appearholder recess fixture, such as hereinbefore noted,

in 'suchmanner asto enable this roll holder recess fixture to be used for holding and U0 dispensing a pack of interleaved sheets, -This not only provides a recess fixturewhich may be used for holding either a'roll or a pack of sheets butywhat is of more importance, it provides for using the interleaved pack of sheets in connection with the large number of paper roll holding recess fixtures already previously installed in times past. Thus the hereinbefore noted advantages'and economies of using the paper packs of interleaved sheets may be realized in connection with recess fixtures which were originally intended for holding paper rolls only. The inventionhas been cariedout along this line in the illustrated embodiments thereof. 1

In accordance with this invention; a holder for a paper pack is mounted on the back ofa face plate,for the interleaved sheets to be successively withdrawn through a suitable exit slot face plate also, at its back, is provided'with 'means for engaging with the walls of the recess fixture at the inside thereof for thereby holding the faceplate in place to form a front cover therefor. Such means for holding the packcarrying face plate in place on the recess fixture are adapted, according to the invention, to permit the face plate, together with its paper holder, to

therefor, merely by a reverse operation of pushing the face plate back into place.

For carrying out this idea, the face plate carries spring-mounted laterally outwardly projecting rounded lugs which are resiliently seated in the above noted respective sockets in the recess fixture. These lugs, by reason of their being resiliently yieldable, and also forming cams, may be readily seated in or withdrawn from the recesses or sockets, merely by backward or forward movement imparted to the face plate. In further carrying out the invention, the pack of interleaved sheets is contained in a rectangular carton which is provided with an exit slot to register with the above noted exit slot in the face plate. This paper-containing carton not only greatly facilitates renewal but also permits the paper holder on the face plate to be of simplified construction for removably holding such a carton.

For example, and more particularly, the holder for the paper-containing carton may comprise merely vertical side walls having inturned rear flanges and also having inturned lower horizontal flanges, thereby forming an open-top pocket for removably supporting the carton. The exit slot through the face plate may be either vertical, as shown in the drawing, or horizontal, depending to some extent upon the particular manner in which the paper sheets are interleaved in the pack. Since in recess fixtures of the kind hereinbefore referred to and in which the invention is shown as embodied, the sockets which are primarily provided for the reception of roller spindles, are not in all instances located the same distance inwardly from the front edges of the side walls of the receptacle, means are provided, in carrying out the invention in a practical manner, for conveniently adjusting the above noted holding lugs backward or forward relatively to the face plate, in order thereby to accommodate such differently located sockets.

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing, illustrating several slightly variant embodiments thereof, and thereafter the invention will be pointed out in claims, reference now being had to the drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly broken away of one embodiment of the invention;

' Fig. 2 is a horizontal section substantially on the zig-zag line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a partial section similar to Fig. 2 at the right side, but showing a modification of the adjusting means;

Fig. i is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of another modification in the adjusting means; and

Fig. 6 is a viewin general similar to Figs. 3 and 5, showing a simplified form of the invention in which the adjusting feature is omitted.

A usual form of recess fixture 1 is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Such recess fixtures are some times made of enameled cast iron and are frequently made from porcelain, the latter material rounded in vertical planes to a substantially semicylindrical shape, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Each of the vertical side walls of this recess fixture, midway vertically thereof and suitably spaced from its front edge, is provided in its inner side with a recess forming a socket 2, these sockets being in opposed alignment relatively to one another. These sockets are adapted, and in fact were originally intended, to receive therein the spindle ends of a roller or shaft to form a journal for a roll of paper mounted thereon to project from the front of the receptacle formed by the fixture, while extending somewhat more than half of its diameter into the receptacle adjacent to its semi-circular bottom. The front edges of the side walls of the recess fixture 1 are shown as provided with slightly projecting ornamentally stepped triangular markers or indicators 3, for showing from the front just where the sockets 2 are to be found. This recess fixture 1 and its internal sockets 2 are utilized in carrying out this present invention in the cum bodiments thereof shown in the drawing.

In carrying out the invention, a complete paper-holding device is provided to receive and support a flat rectangular pack of paper independently of the recess fixture 1 but adapted to be installed thereon in cooperative relation therewith. A readily detachable or removable front cover is formed for the recess fixture 1 by a square face plate 4%. For adequate strength and rigidity this face plate 4 may be formed from suitably heavy sheet metal such as brass, or it could be of sheet steel provided with a suitably finished front surface. This face plate is provided centrally thereof with a vertical exit slot 5 through which paper sheets 6 may be withdrawn one at a time from a compact pack 7 of these interleaved sheets contained in a fiat rectangular cardboard box or carton 8 which is supported on the back of the face plate i. by means presently to be described and which fits with one of its flat sides agai ist the rear face of the face plate 4. and is there provided centrally thereof with a vertical exit slot 9 which coincides or registers with the exit slot 5 in the face plate.

In the particular pack '7 of the sheets 6 shown in the drawing these sheets are folded only once in effecting their interleaving, as indicated in Fig. 2. It will be noted from 1 and 2 that theoutermost sheet 6 projects through the aligned vertical exit slots 5 and 9 wards the left at the front of the face plate a. .When this prothe exit slot 5 in the face plate i, by reason of the above noted single fcld in these sheets. If the construction or arrangement were such that the registering exit slots 5 and 9 extended hori-- zontally instead of vertically, then it would be obvious that this second sheet would project upwardly, which would not be quite so convenient for withdrawing it.

However, should the paper sheets, in the pack '7 be folded twice instead of once, as is commonly done in packs and which could be done in the present instance merely by the sheets of corresponding dimensions or proportions, then the free end portion of the 1 out of the invention, whether the exit slot 5 in ecting sheet is withdrawn, however, the next succeeding sheet will project towards the right of such as 8,

tom flanges 14formed thereon; Also these bot- I the face plate 4 extends vertically, as shown, or horizontally. However, in the particular arrangement shown in this respect, all of the va rious parts, including the pack-containing carton 8, are well accommodated to the available space in the recess fixture 1, as will hereinafter clearly appear.

Heretofore commonly the packs such as '7 of interleaved sheets such as 6 of toilet paper and the like have not been enclosed in cartons such as 8, but have been distributed for use in a loose condition, the pack commonly having merely a paper band around it, to be removed when the pack was to be inserted into a holder or dispensing device for use. Commonly such'holder or dispenser has embodieda container or box for holding together the loosely interleaved sheets in the pack. In carrying out the present invention, the she ts are held together in the pack by the paper-containing carton 8, which may be supported and held in place on the back of the face plate 4 by means of a paper holder of very simple construction.

The paper holder shown in the drawing for thus supporting and holding in place the papercontainirv carton 8 comprises only two simple one-piece parts or members, both of which are alike, excepting only that one of them is lefthand and the other is right-hand. Hence, the same description, to include the relationship of the two to each other, will suifice for both of these members or parts; Reference may first be had to Figs. 1 and 2, although may be noted that so far as this paper-holding or carton-supporting function is concerned, the construction and manner of operation of the paper holder is the same in all of the embodiments of the inven tion shown in the drawing, some of which, however, are somewhat modified in other respects, as will hereinafter appear.

The paper holder shown-in Figs. 1 and 2 has right and left vertical side walls 10 which are spaced from one another the correct distance for snugly but slidably receiving between them the opposite relatively narrow sides or" the rectangular carton 8. These side walls 10, together with other elements to be noted which are formed in the same piece therewith, may be made from rather thin suitable sheet metal, such as brass or steel. flange 11 turned 1 teraliy outward and secured to the back of the face plate 4;,such as by soldering. Each of these side walls loalso has an inturned rear flange 12, these flanges 12 being.

rather narrow, as shown, so that there wide spacing between them, the two flanges 12 being carton 8, andalso similarly providing for the quick and easy replacement of this face plate on opposed to one another and in alignment.

These rear flanges 12 form a vertical back for the paper holder, being spaced rearwardly from the rear face of the face plate 4 the correct distance so that the carton8 will be snugly but slidably received between these flanges 12 and the back of .the face plate l. The upper ends of he vertical side walls 10 and their vertical rear flanges 12 are coterminous, as shown inFig. l,

and also, as is there shown, theinserted carton It might also .be I

.tension 13 which is turned inward to form a horizontal lower flange or shelf '14. The lower wall extension 13 may conveniently be of the same width from front to rear as the lower or bot- Each of theseside walls 10 has a front towards each other in opposed'relation and are desirably, and as shown, of greater length in this inwardly projecting lateral direction than the rear flanges 12, in order that thereby these lower flanges 14 may extend sufficiently beneath and provide a secure support for the lower end of therectangular carton 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thus the vertical side walls 10, with their vertical rear flanges 12 and lower horizontal flanges 14, together with the face plate 4, virtually or in effect form an open-top pocket for the reception therein of the rectangular papercontaining carton 8; It will be seen that this carton may be readily slid down into such pocket from the top and conveniently removed by a reverse operation, these operations being considerably facilitated by reason of the wide open spaces provided between the inner edges of the rear flanges l2; and also between the inner opposed ends of the lower flanges 14, providing space for the passage of the fingers in handling the carton 8.

It will accordingly be seenthat the construction shown in the drawing and above described provides an open-top pocket-forming two-part paper holder on the back of the face plate dand carried thereby, for 'renewably receiving therein the rectangular paper-containing carton 8,. which when empty may be discarded and replaced by another similar'carton containing a full pack 7 of the interleaved sheets 6. It will be noted, in the carrying out of the invention, that the carton 8 constitutes the immediate holding means for the pack '7 of interleaved sheets 6 during the time that this pack is held in position for dispensing these sheets, while this paper-containing carton 8 is, in its turn, held by the above described paper holder, which, while well adapted for holding the carton, is equally well adapted for holding a loose pack of interleaved sheets without such, a carton. When the paper pack holder is to be used with a loose leaf, pack of paper, the pack holder will have a full length bottom so as to prevent the possibility of the sheets of paper dropping out of the holder. 7

As a feature ofthe invention the'face plate 4 carries means to cooperate with the sockets 2 in the recess fixture 1, providing for the quick and convenient detachment of the face plate 4 from the front of the recess fixture 1, in order I thereby to renew or replace the paper-containing the front of [the recess fixture 1 to form a cover therefor, as shown in the drawing, it being noted that the paper-containing carton 8 is supported entirely on and carried by this face plate 4 at the back thereof at all times, that is, whether this paper-carrying face plate .is in a detached condition, or mounted on the recess fixture 1 as shown in the drawing. e I In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the

front base flange or securing flange l1 each or" tr e vertical side walls is of the paper holder provided with a pair of spaced slits 15 between l which this flange portion is extended and turned rearwardly thereby to form a flat straight guide 16 which projects rearwardly in slightly spaced relation and parallel with the other of this side wall 10 at, an intermediate vertical location which is midway vertically of the face plate i, this guide arm 16 terminating in a free end within the rearward limit of the side wall 10. A ll-shaped leaf spring 1'? has its bowed middle portion turnedreari ardly and the ends of its side arms turned towards the face plate 4. One of these side arms of this spring 1'? lies against the outer face of the guide arm 16 and is slidably mounted thereon by means of rearwardly and inwardly turned upper and lower lugs 18 on this arm of the spring, as shown Figs. 1 and 2. I'he other or outer arm. of this U-shaped leaf spring 17' extends forwardly in position to be adjacent to the inner side of the adjacent side Wall of the receptacle formed by the recess fixture 1 and slightly beyond the socket 2 therein. This outer end portion of the outer arm of this spring 1'? is provided with an outwardly indented rounded lug 19 which is of somewhat greater diameter at its base than the diameter of the socket 2 and which is in position to be resiliently seated in this socket when the face plate 4 is seated against thefront edges of the walls of the open-front receptacle formedv by the recess fixture l and as is shown in Figs. 1

and 2. V

The inner or guided arm of this spring 17 has an extension which is turned over at right angles laterally outward and is folded to a double thickness which is provided with a screw threaded opening, by reason of which this projection from the spring forms a nut 20. This nut 20 is engaged by an inwardly projecting screw 21 having a shank or stem portion journaled in the face plate a, outwardly or forwardly from which this screw 21 is provided with a head having the form of a knob 22. Just inwardly of the face plate 4 the screw 21 carries a backing collar 23 which may be fixed thereon in any convenient manner, for example, by means of a small pin 24.

Thus merely by rotating the screw head knob 22, the leaf spring 1'? may be adjusted inward or outward, for thereby correctly positioning its rounded socket-engaging lug 19 relatively to the socket 2, in a backward or forward direction, for thereby bringing this resiliently mounted lug 19 into correct alignment with the socket 2 just at the time when the back of the face plate 4 is seated against the front edges of the walls of the receptacle formed by the recess fixture 1. The knobs 22 which form the screw heads also provide convenient handles for manipulating the face plate l, both in placing it in position on the recess fixture 1 and in removing it therefrom, so that there is no awkward necessity of having to grasp the face plate 4 through its exit slot 5. Adjacent to each of its lateral edges, in horizontal alignment with the adjusting screws 21 and spring-mounted lugs .19, the face plate l is provided with a triangularaperture to fit snugly over the marker 3, so that thereby these markers 3 not only do not interfere with the seating of the face plate against the front of recess fixture, but these raised markers also serve as a convenient means for quickly correctly positioning the face plate 4 on the recess fixture.

It will be noted that the rearwardly projecting fiat guide arm 16 is spaced outwardly or laterally from the adjacent side wall 10 of the paper holder only to the extent of the thickness of the turned over guide lugs 18 on the leaf spring 1'7. Thus wall it forms a brace or backing support for the guide arm 16 to prevent this guide arm from yielding under the thrust or pressure of the leaf spring 17, which might have a tendency to cause the adjusting screw 21 to bind in its bearing in the face plate 4. The two leaf springs 17, each with its guide lugs 18, rounded holding lug 19 and nut 20, may be exact duplicates of one another, as indicated in Fig. 2. It is obvious that each of these lug-carrying springs 1'7 may be conveniently assembled with the face plate 4 merely by sliding it forward over the rear end of the guide arm 16 and then engaging its nut 20 with the adjusting screw 21.

The slightly modified construction shown in Figs. 3 and i differs only in one substantial respect or detail of construction from the construction shown and described with reference to Figs. 1 2. In the construction shown in Figs. 3 and the guide arm 16, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is omitted and an otherwise similar U- shaped leaf spring 17a is provided with a similar outwardly indented rounded socket-engaging lug 19a and with a similar nut The straight flat inner arm of this spring 17a is directly guided on the outer face of the side wall 10a of the paper holder by means of two pairs of lugs 25 which are struck outwardly from this side wall 10a and turned over towards one another past the edges and at the outer side of this arm of the leaf spring, so as thereby to form a guide therefor in which this arm of the leaf spring 17a may slide backward or forward on the side wall 18a, as will be clear from these Figs. 3 and i.

The side wall 16a of the paper holder is provided with a front outturned flange or securing flange 11a which may be soldered to the back of the face plate 4a, and this side wall 10a is also provided with a rear or back flange 12a and bottom carton-supporting flange 14a. In this construction the base flange 11a may be continuous or unbroken and the adjusting screw 2105 which engages with the nut 20a is accordingly journaled in both this flange 11a and the face plate 4a, with a handle knob 22a forming a head for this screw at the front of the face plate and with a backing collar 23c fixed on the screw 210; at the rear of the flange 11a by means of a small pin 24a.

In this construction the side wall 10a of the paper holder provides a sufficiently rigid guide for the lug-carrying U-shaped leaf spring 17a so that there is no liability of the adjusting screw 21a binding in the bearing in which it is journaled in the face plate la and flange 11a. For conveniently assembling this construction the guide lugs 26 may originally be struck straight out from the side wall 19c and after the nut-carrying inner arm f the spring 17a has been placed in position between these lugs, such lugsmay then be bent over to form springretaining, guides as above described and shown the drawing. The operation in general of this modified construction shown in l is substantially the same as that hereinoefore described with reference to 1 2.

Fig. 5 illustrates another modification which is slightly differentiated in another respect from that shown in Figs. 1 and 9.. In this construction, a face plate 42) has mounted thereon the side Wall 1627 of a paper holder by means of its outturned front flange 112;, this side wall also having a rear or backing flange 12b and a lower cartonsupporting flange 14b. A flat guide arm 1% extends rearwardly from the front flange 11b in parallel spaced relation with the outer side of the guide wall 162:. A substantially U-shaped leaf spring 17?) has one of its arms alongside of the outer side of the guide arm 16b and has guide lugs 18b turned over' at the inner side of the edge portions of the guide arm 16b. The free end portion of the other or outer arm of this spring 1722 is provided with an outwardly indented rounded lug 19b to be resiliently seated by this spring in the adjacent socket 2 of the recess fixture 1. v a

This spring 171) at its rear middle portion is flattened and has a lug turned over there to form a double thickness which is providedwith a screw threaded aperture to form a nut 20?).

This nut is engaged by the forward end portion,

of an adjusting screw 21?) which, in this con struction, is journaled in a lug 2'7 which 'is formed on and turned over laterally outward from the guide arm 16?). Ihis screw 21b is held in place on the lug 2'? which forms a bearing therefor by means of an inner or rear knob 22b forming a head for the screw, and by meansof a backing collar 2% held in place by a retaining pin 242) at the front of the bearing lug 27, as is clearly shown in this Fig. 5. It will be further noted'of this modified construction that the guide arm 16b is-spaced a sufiicient distance from the wall 10?) that an open space is provided between this wall and the guide lugs 18b of the spring 1722. By reasonof this spacing between the guide lugs 18b and the side wall 10%), the guide arm 16]) is left free to yield inwardly towards this wall 101), so that thereby the resiliency of this guide arm 1612 will be added to and will supplement that of the leaf spring 17b for resiliently seating the lug 19b in the socket 2, and in such case there will be no binding of the adjusting screw 21b in its bearing in the lug 27, since the screw 212) may move freely with this bearing lug27.

In assembling this construction, it will be evi-' dentthat the bearing lug 27 may originally be left extending straight rearwardly in alignment with the guide arm 162) until the leaf spring 171) has been slid forwardly over this guide arm with its guide lugs 18b in engagement therewith, as shown in the drawing, and then this outer end portion of the guide arm 161) may be turned at right angles outward, as shown in the drawing, thereby to form the bearing lug 27. In this construction, a knob 28.is secured to the face plate 4b and in this instance serves no other function than to form a convenient handle for manipulating the face plate 419, together with.

the above described parts mounted. on and carried thereby.

A somewhat simplified construction without adjusting means is illustrated in Fig. 6. In this furthermodified construction, a face plate 40 carries the vertical side wall 10c of a paper holder having an outturned front flange or base flange 110 secured to the face plate, and is also provided with a back flange 12c and a bottom flange 140. In this construction, the base flange 110 is slitted asin the first described construction (Figs. 1 and 2) and from between these slits there projects a bent leaf spring 170 which extends outwardly laterally beyond this flange 11c and is turned on a curve rearwardly, to extend substantially in parallel relation with the side wall 100 and spaced therefrom a sufficient distance so that this rearwardly projecting portion of this spring 170 may he immediately adjacent to the socket 2 in the adjacent side wall of the recess fixture 1. This spring 1'7c is there provided with an outwardly indented rounded lug 190 to be urged outwardly and resiliently seated in this socket 2.

This rearwardly-projecting spring 17:: desirably is provided, as shown, with an inwardly curved end portion 29 extending beyond the lug 19c, thereby to guide the end of this spring into the recess fixture past the front edge of its side wall, as will be readily understood. The face plate 4c is provided with a handle knob 280, similar in that respect to the construction described with reference to 5. In some instances it may prove desirable to make use of this simpler construction shown in Fig. 6, such as in the filling of a large order for the paper holders to be installed upon recessfixtures which areall alike with respect to the location of the sockets 2. It

will be readily understood that the operation in 7 general is substantially the same as. with the several. constructions hereinbefore described with reference to the preceding figures of the drawing.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the constructions shown in the drawing and above particularly described, within the principle and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: I

1. In a holder for a pack of paper, the combination of a face plate to form a detachable cover for a' receptacleopen at the, front and having sockets opposite to one another in the inner sides of its side walls adjacent to their front edges, a pair of leaf springs mounted on the back of the face plate in position for their ends to lie adjacent respectively to the saidsockets', a rounded lug on theouter side of the end of each leaf springand yieldin'gl'y urged thereby into the adjacent socket, and means on the back of the face plate forming apocket for renewably supporting a pack of paper, the face plate having an exit slot therein through which the paper may be withdrawn from such pack.

.. 2. In a holder for a pack of paper, the combi nation of a face plate to form a detachable cover sockets opposite to one another in the innersides of its side walls adjacent to their front edges, a pair of leaf springs mounted on the back of the faceplate in position for their'ends to lie adjacent respectively to the said sockets,'a rounded lug on the outer side of the end of each leaf spring and yieldingly urged thereby into the adjacent socket, means on the back of the face plate forming a pocket for renewably supporting a pack of paper, the face platehaving an exit slot therein through which the paper may be withdrawn from such pack, and means for adjusting the said leaf springs inward and outward relatively to the face plate thereby to align the said lugs thereon with the said sockets so as thereby to provide for the said sockets being located at different distances from the front of the receptacle. v

:3. In a paper pack holder, the combinationof a rectangular face plate to form a detachable front cover for the open rectangular front of a paper holder on the backof the face plate adapted to hold removably inplace against the back of the faceplate a rectangular paper-pack, the paper holder being open at one end so that the paper-containingcarton mayfbe renewed when the face plateis detached from the receptacle,

and spring-mounted rounded lugs mounted on the face plate at the rear thereof in position to be resiliently seated respectively in the said sockets so as to be pulled out of these sockets or returned thereto merely by the forward or backward movement of the face plate for thereby detachably holding the face plate in place on the front of the receptacle to form a paper-holding cover therefor.

4. In a paper pack holder, the combination of a rectangular face plate to form a detachable front cover for the open rectangular front of a receptacle having opposed aligned sockets in the inner sides of its vertical side walls adjacent to the front edges thereof and midway vertically thereof the face plate having therein an exit slot through which the paper may be withdrawn, a paper holder on the back of the face plate including parallel spaced side walls having outturned front flanges secured to the face plate and having inturned rear flanges for holding in place against the back of the face plate a rectangular paper pack, the paper pack holder being open at one end so that the paper-containing carton may be renewed when the face plate is detached from the receptacle, arms in the same piece with the I therefor.

5. In a paper pack holder, the combination of a rectangular face plate to form a detachable front cover for an open-front receptacle having opposite aligned sockets in the inner sides of its vertical side walls adjacent to the front and 40' midway thereof vertically, a face plate having an exit slot therein through which the paper may be withdrawn, a two-part pocket-forming paper holder mounted on the back of the face plate comprising laterally spaced vertical side walls having outturned base flanges secured to the face plate at the back thereof, opposed inturned flanges along the rear edges of these side walls, opposed inturned bottom flanges at the lower ends of these side walls, whereby a rectangular paper packmay be renewably held in the pocket thus formed by said side walls and its rear flanges and bottom flanges, flat straight guide arms projecting rearwardly from and in the same piece 7 with said outturned base flanges of the side walls parallel with the latter and at a midway location vertically of the face plate, a pair of U-shaped leaf springs each having one of its arms slidably guided on the said guide arm and with its other arm outwardly therefrom to come adjacent to the inner side of the side wall of the receptacle, a laterally outwardly projecting rounded lug on the latter arm of the U-shaped spring to be removably resiliently seated thereby in the said socket in the adjacent side wall of the receptacle, and screw means for adjusting said leaf spring backward and forward relatively to the face plate so as thereby to provide for said sockets being located at different distances from the front edges of the side walls of the receptacle.

6. In a paper pack holder, the combination of a rectangular face plate to form a detachable front cover for an open-front receptacle having opposite aligned sockets in the inner sides of its vertical side walls adjacent to the front and midway thereof vertically, a face plate having an exit slot therein through which the paper may be withdrawn, a two-part pocket-forming paper holder mounted on the back of the face plate comprising laterally spaced verticalside walls having outturned base flanges secured to the face plate at the back thereof, opposed inturned flanges along the rear edges of these side walls, opposed inturned bottom flanges at the lower ends of these side walls, whereby a rectangular paper pack may be renewably held in the pocket thus formed by said side walls and its rear flanges and bottom flanges, flat straight guide arms projecting rearwardly from said outturned base flanges of the side walls parallel with the latter and at a midway location vertically of the face plate, a pair of U-shaped leaf springs having the ends of their arms turned towards the face plate with one arm of each slidably guided on the said guide arm and with its other arm extending forwardly in position to be adjacent to the inner side of the side wall of the receptacle, a laterally outwardly projecting rounded lug on the latter arm of this spring in position to be resiliently seated thereby in the adjacent socket in the side wall of the receptacle, an inwardly projecting screw journaled in the face plate to have a head projecting from the front of the face plate to form a handle, and a nut for this screw on the slidably guided arm of the U-shaped spring so that thereby the said rounded lug on the other arm of the spring be adjusted inward or outward according to the distance of the said socket from the front edge of the side wall of the receptacle. 7

'7. In a paper pack holder, the combination of a rectangular face plate to form a detachable front cover for an open-front rectangular receptacle having vertical side walls each of which is provided with a socket therein adjacent to its front edge at a midway location vertically thereof, the face plate having therein an exit slot through which the paper may be withdrawn, a paper holder including vertical side walls mounted on the face plate at the back thereof and forming an open-top pocket to receive a rectangular paper pack, a U-shaped leaf spring laterally outward from each of the said side walls with its ends turned towards the face plate and having one of its arms slidably guided on the side wall of the paper holder for backward and forward movement and having its other arrn projecting forwardly adjacent to said socket in the side wall of the receptacle, an outwardly projecting rounded lug on the latter arm of the spring to be removably resiliently seated thereby in the socket, an inwardly projecting screw journaled in the faceplate with a handle-forming head projecting from the front thereof, and a nut on the guided arm of the spring engaged by said screw so that thereby the rounded lugon the spring may be adjusted inward or outwardrelatively to the faceplate according to the distance of the socket from the front edge of the side wall of the receptacle.

8. In a paper pack holder, the combination of a rectangular face plate to form a detachable vertical front cover for an open-front receptacle which is rectangular at the front and has vertical side walls each having a socket in its inner side adjacent to its front edge and midway vertically thereof, a paper holder forming an open-top pocket mounted on the face plate at the back thereof provided with outturned front flanges. se-

cured to the face plate, the face plate having 1 may be withdrawn, an arm forming a leaf spring turned rearwardly from each of the said front flanges in spaced relation with the side wall of the paper holder and to lie adjacent to the said socket in the side wall of the receptacle, and an outwardly rounded lug on the said leaf spring arm to be remcvably resiliently seated thereby in the said socket.

9. In a paper pack holder, the combination of a rectangular face plate to form a detachable vertical front cover for a receptacle having a rectangular open front with vertical side wallseach of which has a socket therein adjacent to its front edge midway vertically thereof, the face plate having therein an exit slot through which the paper may be withdrawn, a two-part paper holder mounted on the back of the face plate comprising vertical side walls having outturned front flanges secured to the face plate, rear inturned opposed flanges on the side walls of the paper holder to form a back therefor, lower inturned flanges on these side walls to form a bottom for the paper holder so that thereby a papercontaining rectangular carton having an exit slot 25.

10. An adapter for paper receptacles of the roll type comprising in combination a face plate adapted to form a closure member for a receptacle, the face plate having a slot therethrough through which paper may be drawn, spaced yieldable supporting means at the rear of said face plate and adapted to engage the side walls of a receptacle to support the face plate in closing position with respect thereto, and a paper pack holder secured on the rear of the face plate between the spaced supporting means and positioned to permit the yielding of the supporting means, said paper pack holder being adapted to receive a rectangular paper pack and maintain the pack in position for the sheets thereof to be drawn through the slot in the face plate.

11. An adapter for paper receptacles of the roll type comprising in combination a face plate adapted to form a closure member for a receptacle, the face plate having a slot therethrough through which paper may be drawn, two spaced spring supporting elements at the rear of said face plate and adapted to frictionally engage the side walls of the receptacle to support the face plate in closing position with respect thereto, and a paper pack holder secured on the rear of the face plate between the spaced supporting members and positioned to permit the yielding of the supporting members, said paper pack holder being adapted to receive a rectangular paper pack and maintain the pack in position for the sheets thereof to be drawn through the slot in the faceplate. v

HENRY L. SAMSON. 

